Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem

Asalaamu alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuhu,

Jazakallahu khaire to all who participated in last week's elections!

Although there were vacancies in the board for only half of the nominees, we would like to stress that one does NOT need to be an officer to get involved in the MSA. In fact, we have many members who mashaAllah work behind the scenes and contribute even more than officers! All business meetings required for officers to attend (where the planning and administration happens) are OPEN to all members. We strive to make the atmosphere very inviting so don't feel intimidated to join in!! In addition, we have made strenuous efforts to keep the activities of the MSA transparent and revolve around the needs and interests of the members feesabilillah. This is a TEAM EFFORT and the members are the brain power, energy, and main body of the MSA. By the way, more leadership roles will open up next year inshaAllah (i.e. MSAnW Representatives (2 spots), IH committee, Fast-a-Thon committee, IAW committee, etc.).

In the end, the most important thing to keep in mind is we keep our intentions purely for the purpose of pleasing Allah subhanahu wata'ala. Only Allah knows what is in our hearts, and thus we will be rewarded according to what we intended. Rasullullah (saw) said: "Every action is on the niyyah [intention], and every man will get what he intended, whosoever makes hijrah for Allah and His Messenger, his hijrah is for Allah and his messenger. And whosoever makes hijrah for dunya, or for a woman to get married to, his hijrah is for whatever he intended." This was indeed a very difficult voting process!! We weren't surprised when many individuals almost tied, as all candidates were highly qualified for officer roles and sincerely passionate mashaAllah.


So long,
JazakumAllahu khairun wa assalaamu alaykum,
EX-MSAUW Officers,
Sr. Amina Ramadan, Secretary 08-09
Br. Adnan Shabir, Treasurer 08-09
Sr. Ayan Mohamed, Internal Coordinator 08-09
Sr. Selma Elgabalawy, Public Relations 08-09
Br. Kasim Siddiqui, Islamic House Director 08-09
Br. Khaled Zaki, Amir 08-09
Sr. Zakiya Qadir, Amirah 08-09